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business leadership award

Howard A. Tullman

CEO1871

Howard A. Tullman is the CEO of 1871 in Chicago – where digital startups get their start - and the General Managing Partner for the Chicago High Tech Investment Partners, LLC and for G2T3V, LLC – both Chicago-based venture capital funds.

He most recently was the Chairman/CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy which he co-founded in 2007. He is the former President of Kendall College in Chicago and the former Chairman/CEO of Experiencia, Inc. He is also the Chairman of the Endowment Committee of Anshe Emet Synagogue, a member of Mayor Emanuel's ChicagoNEXT and Cultural Affairs Councils; Governor Rauner’s Innovate Illinois Advisory and Illinois Arts Councils; a member of President Preckwinkle’s New Media Council, an Advisory Board member of HighTower Associates, Built in Chicago, and Imerman Angels; and an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern's Kellogg School, as well as a regular guest lecturer at the Northwestern University School of Law. Mr. Tullman also serves as a Director of Vehcon, SnapSheet, BCV Evolve, MarkITx and PackBack Books and served as a long-time Director and Board Chairman of The Cobalt Group, a Trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and of the New York Academy of Art and the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, and as the lead Director (and briefly Chairman) of The Princeton Review.

Over the last 45 years, he has successfully founded more than a dozen high-tech companies.

ABOUT 1871

The story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 isn’t really about the fire. It’s about what happened next: A remarkable moment when the most brilliant engineers, architects and inventors came together to build a new city. Their innovations – born of passion and practical ingenuity – shaped not just Chicago, but the modern world. What started 140 years ago continues to this day.

Under Howard's leadership, 1871 creates an environment where the brightest digital designers, engineers and entrepreneurs from Chicago and around the world, including Israel, are shaping new technologies, disrupting old business models, and resetting the boundaries of what’s possible.

We are honored to present Howard Tullman with the America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago's Business Leadership Award in recognition of his leadership advancing Chicago's startup business community and advancing U.S.-Israel business.